9/11 Credibility Gap : EJ Dionne

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9/11 Credibility Gap
Hussein's Ties to the Attacks? Show Us the Proof.
By E. J. Dionne Jr.
Tuesday, June 22, 2004; Page A17


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59147-2004Jun21.html

The battle over the al Qaeda-Hussein connection is ground zero in the fight over the administration's credibility.

But there was little support among Americans for such a war. So, rather than rest their case for war against Hussein on their real, perfectly defensible reasons, they argued that it was a proper reaction to the terrorist attacks. That's why they scrounged up every allegation of a Hussein-al Qaeda link they could find.


If the administration has told us the truth, it should be willing to make public all it knows about the links between Saddam Hussein, al Qaeda and Sept. 11, and not just tantalize us with selective leaks. Tom Kean, the Republican chairman of the Sept. 11 commission, made that request over the weekend, saying he and his colleagues needed any new information "pretty fast."

The Bush administration should give us the proof or stop making claims it can't support. Put up or shut up.

[LittleApple81]

1. Excellent. But page A17? I wish it were page A01! n/t